Usually means: Multiple centers of control, authority.
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  1. polycentric: Merriam-Webster
  2. polycentric: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. polycentric: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Polycentric, polycentric: Wordnik
  5. polycentric: Wiktionary
  6. polycentric: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. polycentric: Dictionary.com
  8. Polycentric: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. polycentric: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. polycentric: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Polycentric: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. polycentric: Medical dictionary
  5. Polycentric: Drug Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (polycentric)

adjective:  Having many centres, especially centres of authority or control
adjective:  (genetics) (of a chromosome, etc) Having multiple central parts
noun:  (genetics) A chromosome, etc. having multiple central parts.

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